Soldering-pack.



H. HESS.

SOLDERING PACK.

APPLICATION FILED IAN-23.1913.

Patented Jan. 21, 1919.

Inventor:

HENRY HE SS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SOLDERING-PACK.

Specification of Letters iatcnt.

Application filed January 23, 1913. Serial No. 743,718.

. To all whom it may concern:

specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The object of this invention is to produce a soldering material and flux in such combined form that itmay be conveniently applied to the parts to be united and the soldering operation performed by unskilled persons with the employment of a moderate degree ofheat and without waste of matema With these and other objects in view, my invention consists primarily of a soldering body or mass of metal filaments 0r threads and a fiuxdisposed among the filaments.

More specifically, and in the preferred embodiment of the invention, the mass of filaments is compacted or condensed into a selfholding body containing a suitable flux in liquid or pasty form distributed among the filaments so as to cover the same and be entrapped thereby. But it will be manifest that the invention is susceptible of different forms and embodiments without departing from the spirit of the same; and it will be understood that the invention is not limited to any particular form of the parts, materials, or construction, except in so far as such limitations are specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective sectional View of my improved soldering pack in one form;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating another form of the same; and

Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the sol dering pack inclosed in a protective covering.

Referring toFig. 1, 1 represents a selfholding body consisting of a mass of metal,

' threads, filaments, or like elongated objects,

which are matted or compacted together and twisted in the form of a rope. Distributed among the filaments of this body is a flux 3, which is preferably of liquid or pasty form and so combined as to cover and coat the filaments generally throughout the mass, and be thusentrapped among the filaments.

In. Fig. 2 thesame construction is represented, except that the mass of filaments or threads is shown as felted into a compacted or condensed form, and the self-holding body is shown as of flat form, rectangular in cross-section instead of round in cross-section, as 'in the first instance described. So also other forms, shapes and constructions of the self-holding bodies may be produced.

As shown in Fig. 3, I may cover the bodies of filaments with a protective coating-L which will preferably be of a material, such as metal foil, which will itself act as a solder. By this form, sticks of the combined soldering ma terial and flux may be made by covering a body such as shown in Fig. 1, with a casing of metal foil; or flat sections of the combined solder or flux may be made by flattening out the rope-like body of Fig. 1 and covering the same with a suitable foil or a felted, fiat body of the form of Fig. 2 may be covered with the protective foil.

The filaments of the body may be formed of different kinds of metal, and different kinds of. fluxes may be employed, the selec} tion of these constituents depending upon the character of the work to be done. For soft work, analogous to what is generally Patented Jan. 21, 191.9.

known as soft soldering, the lead and tin ,flux for such materials should have a higher melting or fusing point and may be composed of powdered borax, or water-glass, 0r powdered glass and the like. These fluxes may be maintained in pasty or liquid form until used by being mixed with glycerin,

Vaseline, and the like, as described in connection with the fluxes for the soft soldering.

In the formation of the soldering pack the flux may be applied to and incorporated among the filaments in any appropnate manner, the filaments being preferably coated'with the flux before they are condensed or compacted into form. By reason of the construction of the sol- Will melt, flow and fuse readily in the solv dering operation, even on the application of a moderate degree of heat.

It is characteristic of the several forms of my invention illustrated, that the self-holding body consists of a conglomerated mass of filaments compacted into definite form,

the flux being distributed throughout the mass.

I Having thus describedmy invention, What I claim is: I

1. A soldering pack consisting of a conglomerated mass of filaments of a soldering metal adapted to constitute the solder in a soldering operation, said filaments being compacted into a self-holding body, and a.

menses flux disposed among and inclosed by said filaments.

2; A soldering pack consisting of a conglomerated mass of filaments of a soldering metal adapted to constitute the solder in a soldering operation, said filaments being coated with a flux and compacted into a selfhol-ding body, whereby the flux Will be entrapped by and inclosed in the body of filaments. .4

3. A soft-soldering pack consisting of a conglomerated mass of soft solder metal filaments adapted to constitute the solder in a soldering operation, said filaments being compacted into a self-holding body, and a flux disposed among and inclosed by said filaments.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY HESS;

Witnesses 'llnno, H. MGALLA, B. ,KENNEDY. 

